San Jose panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 19:16 Moonrise 06:59 Phalguna month
San Jose, California, United States · 37.34°, -121.89° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 19:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:46
- 11:06 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
19:16 to 07:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:16 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:23
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 16:51 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 15:31
- Karana Naga until 18:23, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:06 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:46
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 17:06 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 16:06 – 18:05
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:39 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:16 – 21:40
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:16 – 20:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:13 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 05:51 Capricorn
- 05:51 – 07:08 Aquarius
- 07:08 – 08:23 Pisces
- 08:23 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:57 Gemini
- 13:57 – 16:25 Cancer
- 16:25 – 18:52 Leo
- 18:52 – 21:19 Virgo
- 21:19 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 02:11 next day Scorpio
- 02:11 – 04:13 next day Sagittarius
- 04:13 – 05:47 next day Capricorn
- 05:47 – 07:04 next day Aquarius
- 07:04 – 07:13 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in PDT (UTC-7) · Method